Midday Report: March 17, 2006

Teachers in Barre Town have a new contract; teachers at Vermont College have formed a union to get a new contract; both Vermont Senators have been active in committee work this week; a late summer motorcycle rally that has pumped millions of dollars into the Rutland County economy is being scrapped this year; a Hanover, New Hampshire publisher is teaming up with Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Enterprises to put out books bearing the company’s signature bunny imprint.